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BARREL APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1913- 1.,21 5,355 Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

INVENTOR,

ATTORNEY Y UNITED S ATES PATE T OFFICE.

JULIAN o. ELLINGER, or NEW YonK, N. Y., ASSIGNORI To w. TYSON ROMAINE, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

BARREL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 20, 1913. Serial No. 768,799.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. JULIAN O. ELLINGER,

a citizen of'the United States, and a resident 'the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in barrels or kegs. Some of the objects of the invention are to'provide a light, strong and durable barrel or keg at small cost and which will withstand the rough usage incidental I theretowhen in use. Another object is to so secure. the head in the keg or barrel that it may be readily removed and securely held in place again so that the keg can be reused.

Several embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and the invention may be readily understood from the illustrations taken in connection with the following description.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a keg or barrel made according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a top view of the same with a part of one edge broken away.

Fig. 3 is a view showing a modification of the manner of securing'a head in place.

Fig. 4 is a sectional fragmentary view of another modification. I

Fig. 5 is a sectional fragmentary view of another modification.

-Fig. 6 is a sectional view of another modification.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2,the part marked 20 is the body of the barrel whlch is made preferably of a paper cylinder or laid up veneers of wood. Fitting over each end of the cylinder is an annular band 21, preferably made of metal, one wall 22 of which is on the outside of the cylinder and the other wall 23 is on the inside thereof- The inner end of the wall 23 is inturned to form a flange 24, on which the head 25 of the keg or barrel rests. The reinforcing ring 21 is secured to the cylinder by the fingers 26 which are pressed from the outer wall and onto the body of the cylinder, as shown. To hold the head" in place the ring 27 is provided which construction with an annular indented channel 30.

These projections may be formed after the ring 27 is in place, and in forming the same the inner wall 23 of the band 21 is also indented at 30 as an additional means for securing the band 21 onto the body of the cyl inder of the barrel or keg. The indented projections may be made by a hand tool of special construction.

In some cases where the ends of the barrel are likely to receive hard wear or knocks or Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

bumps the securing ring 27 is liable to be forced toward the center of the barrel, in which case the projections 29 will .become unseated and the ring liable to fall out. To prevent this, the outer edge 31 of the ring 27 is extended and turned over to the outside of the band 21, as shown in Fig. 3. This construction will securely hold the ring in lace. p In Fig. 4 I have shown a modified construction in which the inturned flange of the wall 23of the band is omitted, and in this case a seat 24*, preferably wood, is secured to the inner wall of the cylinder to form a seat for the head 25. In this construction I have shown a gasket 32, preferably made of metal, on which the head 25 rests This forms a watertight construction.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modified means for holding the ring 27 in placef In this the indentations 29 are stamped out of the ring 27, forming fingers which extend through openings 30 in the wall 23 of the band 21. v

In the construction. shown in Fig. 6, the inner wall- 23 of the band 21 is providgd n this construction the fingers or projections 29 of the securing ring 27 project into this channel to hold the ring in place. In this modification the ring 27 is not provided with an inwardly projecting flange 28 as in the prior constructions, but the inner edge 28 is turned up to form a double-thickness of the rin where it rests upon the head 25.

The eg is especially adapted for the use of nails, rivets, bolts and the like and it readily adapts itself for holding and shipping candies in bulk.

The barrelis especially adapted for use in shipping flour, sugar and like articles.

While the body of the keg or barrel is preferably cylindrical inform, it is to be understood, however, that it may be made with a bilge, and Where the term cylinder? is used in the claims as referring to the body of the keg, it is to be understood that it is to include a body having a bilge as Well as one formed in the shape of an exact cylinder.

Having now described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A shipping case comprising a tube, a shoulder carried on the inner face of the tube and disposed below the upper end of the same, a cover being of a diameter substantially that of the interior of said tube resting on said shoulder, said tube being provided with a plurality of notches, a split ring retainer positioned above the cover, and projections carried by said ring adapted to register with the notches.

2. In a device of the class described, a cylinder, a reinforcing band secured to each end of the cylinder, said band having spaced Walls fitting on the inner and outside of the cylinder, a head, means for supporting the head, a ring resting on the head to secure the head in place and projections stamped from said ring to hold the ring in lace.

' 3. In a keg or barrel consisting of a cylinder, a reinforcing band secured to each end of the cylinder, said band having inner and outer Walls, the outer walls provided With projections entering into the cylinder to hold tions having cavities misses outer Walls, the outer Walls being provided With projections entering into the cylinder to hold the band in'place, the inner Wall of the band being provided with an inturned flange, a head seated on said flange, projections formed on the inner Wall of the band i and extending into the c linder, saidprojee ormed in the rear thereof, and a ring fitting inside of the band and having projections seating in the cavities, said ring being provided with an inturned flange resting upon said head.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at the borough of Manhattan, city and State of New York, this 16th day of April, 1913.

JULIAN O. ELLINGER.

In presence of- ISABEL R. RICHARDS, JOHN J. RANAGAN. 

